Zephaniah · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Zephaniah 1 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
1 PALABRA de Jehová que fué á Sofonías hijo de Cushi, hijo de Gedalías, hijo de Amarías, hijo de Ezechîas, en días de Josías hijo de Amón, rey de Judá.
2 I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
2 Destruiré del todo todas las cosas de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
3 I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
3 Destruiré los hombres y las bestias; destruiré las aves del cielo, y los peces de la mar, y las piedras de tropiezo con los impíos; y talaré los hombres de sobre la haz de la tierra, dice Jehová.
4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
4 Y extenderé mi mano sobre Judá, y sobre todos los moradores de Jerusalem, y exterminaré de este lugar el remanente de Baal, y el nombre de los Chemarim con los sacerdotes;
5 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
5 Y á los que se inclinan sobre los terrados al ejército del cielo; y á los que se inclinan jurando por Jehová y jurando por su rey;
6 those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor enquired after him.
6 Y á los que tornan atrás de en pos de Jehová; y á los que no buscaron á Jehová, ni preguntaron por él.
7 Be silent at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
7 Calla en la presencia del Señor Jehová, porque el día de Jehová está cercano; porque Jehová ha aparejado sacrificio, prevenido ha sus convidados.
8 It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
8 Y será que en el día del sacrificio de Jehová, haré visitación sobre los príncipes, y sobre los hijos del rey, y sobre todos los que visten vestido extranjero.
9 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
9 Asimismo haré visitación en aquel día sobre todos los que saltan la puerta, los que hinchen de robo y de engaño las casas de sus señores.
10 In that day, says the LORD, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
10 Y habrá en aquel día, dice Jehová, voz de clamor desde la puerta del pescado, y aullido desde la segunda, y grande quebrantamiento desde los collados.
11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
11 Aullad, moradores de Mactes, porque todo el pueblo mercader es destruído; talados son todos los que traían dinero.
12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
12 Y será en aquel tiempo, que yo escudriñaré á Jerusalem con candiles, y haré visitación sobre los hombres que están sentados sobre sus heces, los cuales dicen en su corazón: Jehová ni hará bien ni mal.
13 Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.
13 Será por tanto saqueada su hacienda, y sus casas asoladas: y edificarán casas, mas no las habitarán; y plantarán viñas, mas no beberán el vino de ellas.
14 The great day of the LORD is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of the LORD. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
14 Cercano está el día grande de Jehová, cercano y muy presuroso; voz amarga del día de Jehová; gritará allí el valiente.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
15 Día de ira aquel día, día de angustia y de aprieto, día de alboroto y de asolamiento, día de tiniebla y de oscuridad, día de nublado y de entenebrecimiento,
16 a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
16 Día de trompeta y de algazara, sobre las ciudades fuertes, y sobre las altas torres.
17 I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
17 Y atribularé los hombres, y andarán como ciegos, porque pecaron contra Jehová: y la sangre de ellos será derramada como polvo, y su carne como estiércol.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
18 Ni su plata ni su oro podrá librarlos en el día de la ira de Jehová; pues toda la tierra será consumida con el fuego de su celo: porque ciertamente consumación apresurada hará con todos los moradores de la tierra.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amariah
Son of Hezekiah and father of Gedaliah in the ancestry of Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Cushi
Son of Gedaliah and father of the prophet Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Gedaliah
Son of Amariah and father of Cushi in the ancestry of Zephaniah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Hezekiah
Named as the earliest ancestor in Zephaniah's four-generation line; the text does not say whether he is King Hezekiah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Zephaniah
The prophet to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah, with his ancestry traced four generations to Hezekiah.
Cited in the guide: Zephaniah 1:1
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 1:2; 2 Chronicles 34:1–33; 2 Peter 1:19; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Micah 7:13; 2 Kings 22:16–17; Jeremiah 36:29; Ezekiel 33:27–29; Jeremiah 24:8–10
- 3 Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 7:19; Matthew 23:39; Ezekiel 14:13–21; Isaiah 27:9
- 4 Hosea 10:5; 2 Kings 23:4–5; Micah 5:13; 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 14:26–27
- 5 2 Kings 17:33; Jeremiah 19:13; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 11:33; 2 Kings 23:12
- 6 Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 15:6; Jeremiah 2:17; Isaiah 9:13
- 7 Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 46:10
- 8 Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 3:18–24; Isaiah 39:7; 2 Kings 25:19–21; Jeremiah 22:11–19
- 9 1 Samuel 5:5; Amos 3:10; Nehemiah 5:15; 1 Samuel 2:15–16; 2 Kings 5:20–27
- 10 2 Chronicles 33:14; Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 22:14; Jeremiah 4:19–21; Nehemiah 3:3
- 11 James 5:1; Hosea 12:7–8; Ezekiel 21:12; Jeremiah 25:34; Nehemiah 3:31–32
- 12 Amos 6:1; Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Malachi 3:14–15
- 13 Amos 5:11; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39; Ezekiel 7:21
- 14 Malachi 4:5; Ezekiel 30:3; Zephaniah 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Isaiah 15:4
- 15 Joel 2:2; Isaiah 22:5; Revelation 6:17; Jeremiah 30:7; Amos 5:18–20
- 16 Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 2:12–15; Amos 3:6; Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 4:19–20
- 17 Revelation 3:17; Psalm 83:10; 2 Peter 1:9; Matthew 15:14; Micah 7:13
- 18 Ezekiel 7:19; Zephaniah 3:8; Proverbs 11:4; Zephaniah 1:2–3; Matthew 16:26
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